Author: William Temple

Quotes

The problem of evil... Why does God permit it? Or, if God is omnipotent, in which case permission and creation are the same, why did God create it?

The problem of evil... Why does God permit it? Or, if God is omnipotent, in which case permission and creation are the same, why did God create it?

- William Temple

No one ever was a great poet, that applied himself much to anything else.

No one ever was a great poet, that applied himself much to anything else.

- William Temple

Authority is by nothing so much strengthened and confirmed as by custom; for no man easily distrusts the things which he and all men have been always bred up to.

Authority is by nothing so much strengthened and confirmed as by custom; for no man easily distrusts the things which he and all men have been always bred up to.

- William Temple

The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor.

The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor.

- William Temple

The first glass is for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the forth for my enemies.

The first glass is for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the forth for my enemies.

- William Temple

The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit.

The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit.

- William Temple

Man's wisdom is his best friend; folly his worst enemy.

Man's wisdom is his best friend; folly his worst enemy.

- William Temple

You may keep your beauty and your health, unless you destroy them yourself, or discourage them to stay with you, by using them ill.

You may keep your beauty and your health, unless you destroy them yourself, or discourage them to stay with you, by using them ill.

- William Temple

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